For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

The concept of a “keystone species” goes back to the 1960s, when the then-fledgling ecologist Robert Paine decided to chuck a bunch of starfish into the Pacific Ocean. No, really.

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Science Without Borders® Challenge, an international student art contest that promotes ocean conservation.

an important keystone species, play a vital role in kelp forest recovery, but their level of influence depends on what other species they interact with in salty Pacific Ocean waters. The study ...

But in the ocean, scientists are finding that fish ... the kind of natural 'catastrophic' predation event we witnessed of a keystone species could lead to dramatic consequences for that species ...

open image in gallery Sea otters are a keystone species, meaning they help to hold ... and decreasing some prey availability through ocean acidification. Southern sea otters occupied only about ...

Skipper Colin Barnes said the whales have left his search area of ocean off Cork because the sprat they feed on has been ...

Question: Yesterday I read that “oaks are a keystone species”. What exactly does that mean? Answer: A keystone species is a plant, animal or microorganism that is vitally important to its ...